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Cardiff 2 Reading 5: Rampant Reading keep up chase for records

AND still the goals keep coming. Five against Cardiff earlier in the season, more of the same to celebrate becoming Championship champions a week ago and five more yesterday.

It is entertainment of the highest order, although there will be more compact defences than this for Reading to breach in the Premiership next season.

Cardiff competed as best they could, but inevitably were overrun. Reading manager Steve Coppell said: “I was as interested as anyone else to see how my players would react after becoming champions. We scored twice without kicking into gear and when Cardiff came back at us we kicked into another gear, as we have done so often this season. I am trying to get some value judgment on the players on the edge of my squad with a view to next season.

“Of course we have got to be nervous about going into the Premiership, as